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...a foreigner threatening a holy site in Jerusalem. In 1969, an Australian Christian started a fire at the complex's Al-Aqsa Mosque in hopes that it would hasten the second coming of Jesus Christ. The man, Denis Michael Rohan, was subsequently...

...statement praised the synagogue attack, saying it was a "response to continued Israeli crimes, the killing, desecrating al-Aqsa (mosque)," a reference to a recent incident at the holy site.Abbas, at a meeting later with security officials...

...battle-hardened band of al-Qaida veterans from Afghanistan and Pakistan. Also reported present at the meeting was Jund al-Aqsa, a hard-line faction that has sworn allegiance to IS; and Ahrar al-Sham, a conservative Muslim rebel group.The...

...holiday of Eid al-Adha.Israel said it granted some 1,500 permits to Palestinians in Gaza wanting to pray at the Al-Aqsa Mosque during the three-day holiday, which began Saturday. Some 500 worshippers were expected in Jerusalem on Sunday...

...Jerusalem site, which includes the Al-Aqsa Mosque, much as it split a shared...if they think they can divide the Al-Aqsa Mosque as they have done in Ibrahimi...The Noble Sanctuary, home to the Al-Aqsa Mosque and the gold-topped Dome...

...attacks, leveling the home of the top Hamas leader in Gaza, Ismail Haniyeh, and damaging the offices of the movement's Al-Aqsa satellite TV station, a central mosque in Gaza City and government offices.Haniyeh, whose house was turned into a...

...Shortly before nightfall, Israel carried out a series of airstrikes in the northern Gaza town of Beit Lahia. Hamas' Al-Aqsa TV station reported four airstrikes in a 10-minute span, and a large plume of black smoke could be seen over the area...

...Egypt since the militant group overran Gaza in 2007.Abu Obeida, the al-Qassam spokesman, appeared on the group's Al-Aqsa TV station and said Hamas was "ready to go to war again." He threatened to launch a long-term war of attrition that...

...Egypt since the militant group overran Gaza in 2007.Abu Obeida, the al-Qassam spokesman, appeared on the group's Al-Aqsa TV station and said Hamas was "ready to go to war again." He threatened to launch a long-term war of attrition that...

...developments.Twenty-one people were wounded in a separate airstrike that hit a building that houses offices of Hamas' Al-Aqsa TV station, said al-Kidra, of the Hamas run Gaza Health Ministry.Air raid sirens wailed in southern Israeli cities...